Is there any way to walk the tight rope of development while preserving the nature? The activists tried to think of an answer at the India Today Conclave South 2018 session.

The activists said their needed to be a balance between the nature and the development processes.

The session exclusively on environment and its relation with the governance at the India Today Conclave South 2018 saw a discussion over the possible coherence between the two.

While Nityanand Jayaraman, writer and social activist, surmised that the politicians were still not ready to cater to the larger issue of the environment, water conservationist Vishwanath Srikantaiah said it deemed difficult for the environmental issues to be enlisted in the election manifestos.

"The politics of the day and the businesses of the day are not ready to listen to the environment. That's not how they survive and thrive," Jayaraman said,

Srikantaiah had a larger point to make.

"I think the bigger problem is that the five-year cycle of political mobilisation vis-a-vis the long term 25-30 years of an environment change are not in sync. So I don't see enviroment occupying a defined space in the election manifestos any time soon," he said.

Srikantaiah added, "There are environment problems. And people know they are suffering. But they cannot relate to the solutions. And there arises another problem."

When asked about the Karnataka assembly elections and how the Bellandur froathing found a place in it, Jayaraman said, "But did it create any difference? It did not."

The Bellandur lake in Bengaluru has been seeing a slush of unpleasant, smelly and toxic froth climb up the 10 ft mesh and flow into the roads.

Every year, the lake turns into a sewage tank because of untreated sewage water entering into it through various inlets.

The authorities, however, claim they have doing their best to curb the problem.

So is there any way to walk the tight rope of development while preserving the nature?

Musician and activist Amrit Rao said the foremost solution is to conserve the water resources.

Jayaraman said their needed to be a balance between the nature and the development processes.

"And of course, the nature itself cannot do anything. The man who is making strides for development has to take measures. I think the ground water resources play a major role in this," he added.